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Group of friendship with Australia should be established in parliament – President
It is necessary to establish a group of friendship with Australia in parliament . President Petro Poroshenko expressed this opinion at a meeting with Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop, the Presidential press service informs. “According to the Head of state, it is necessary to establish a group of friendship in the...
Militants continue violating “silence regime”
Over the previous day, militants six times violated the ceasefire regime. The ATO press center informed. “Militants obviously lacked patience to observe the previously established “silence” regime. Over the previous 24 hours, they shelled the ATO positions six times from small arms,” a statement reads. As reported, it was managed to observe the...
Ukraine ceasefire is ‘real’
President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours went without a military casualty. …read more Source:...
U.S. Senate passes bill to support freedom in Ukraine
The United States Senate on Thursday passed bill S.2828 “Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014,” an Ukrinform correspondent has reported. The bill was voted under the procedure when the text of the document is preliminarily approved by each senator, who introduces amendments if necessary, and then, during a technical vote in the upper...
Russia continues to send mercenaries to Donetsk
A task force of the Russian-terrorist forces was fixed in northern districts of Donetsk, which had previously participated in battles near the Donetsk airport and Avdiyivka. Head of the Information Resistance group Dmytro Tymchuk wrote on his Facebook page. According to the Information Resistance, after the losses, suffered in battles for the...
Malaysian Boeing shot down by Russian missile – Poroshenko
Preliminary results of the investigation have confirmed that the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said this during his visit to Australia, the presidential press service reported. “Intelligence data indicates that the aircraft was downed with a missile launched from a...
DIRECT TRANSLATION: ‘My First Ten Days as a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament’
An Investigative Journalist Who Ran for Office to Fight Corruption Says Poroshenko Has Stifled Dissent Within the New Government Serhiy Leshchenko, age thirty-four, is a Kyiv-based investigative journalist and blogger who has been deputy chief editor of Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s most prominent independent news website. After...
Moscow not planning to withdraw Russian troops and close border with Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that Russian troops will not be withdrawn from Ukraine, because they are not allegedly there, and that there are no plans to close the Ukrainian-Russian border controlled by pro-Russian militants. Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made such a demand to Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry...
Rada may abolish non-aligned status in a week
The draft law on abolishment of Ukraine’s non-aligned status will be submitted for consideration of people’s deputies next plenary week. Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman told a briefing, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “Next plenary week, it (a bill on removal of the non-aligned status – Ed.) will be submitted and...
Ukraine has no grounds to speak about preparation of martial law – Hroisman
Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Hroisman denied information about preparation of the martial law in Ukraine. He told a briefing about this, Ukrinform’s correspondent reports. “I do not see any grounds to speak today that Ukraine takes any decisions on introduction of martial law,” Hroisman said. According to him, information about...